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Boot Camp vs. Metabolic Group Training

I don’t like the term “boot camp”.  So why do I have a “boot camp” section on my website you ask?  Because that’s what the layperson can understand.  It’s not their job to know the difference between a boot camp and Metabolic Group Training.  It’s my job.  Although I’d like to kill the term “boot camp” altogether, I don’t have that kind of pull :)  Our group training at I.T.S. is an intense, circuit style method that carries a huge metabolic punch.  So much so that we’ve named it Metabolic Group Training.

So what’s that difference between a boot camp and Metabolic Group Training?  There are many but I’ll hit the high points.

First, there is a large difference between training and working out.  Working out equals activity.  I think activity is great, but that’s not enough to achieve substantial fat loss or improved performance.  Training on the other hand is well planned, well thought out activity with a goal in mind. Not only well planned and well thought out for just that training session (notice how I didn’t say “workout”) but well planned out/though out for weeks, months and years at a time.  Today’s training session is a small but important piece of puzzle.  If we are not sure what next week’s/month’s training will look like, how do we know what today’s should look like.  Walking into the gym and training until you puke everyday is not training.  It doesn’t take a genius to come up with that training program.  You can write that training program with as little as a weekend certification…wink, wink.  We want to train…not work out.

Second (now that I’m off of my soapbox), boot camps are done in parks and parking lots.  Metabolic Group Training is held in a legitimate training facility with a roof and some actual equipment.  A boot camp instructor may ask you to bring some light dumbbells or a yoga mat but there is no legit equipment to speak of.  By the way, you can get some great workouts in just using your body weight, but it doesn’t offer much variety long term.  See above for “training vs. working out” for more on long-term training.  Anyway, in our Metabolic Group Training groups we use a variety of equipment including bands, barbells, dumbbells, slideboards, chains, plates, med balls, sleds and ropes to name a few.  This adds a tremendous amount a variety not only to keep you body from adapting too quickly (leading to plateaus) but also to keep you fresh mentally.  There are only so many ways you can make jogging, sit-ups and pushups exciting…

Third is the quality of coaching.  Most boot camps have unlimited capacity.  Because most of them are held in parks and parking lots, there are no space restrictions.  You can guess what that means.  You and 62 others will be training at the same time.  Regardless of the knowledge/ability of a coach, not everyone is going to be coached like they should be.  Our Metabolic Group Training sessions are limited to 24 people so that we can assure a quality training session where you get coached and not herded.  With a limit of 24 per group we can also make exercise modifications for any client who may have a limitation like a chronic low back pain or a preexisting should issue.

As you can see, there is a huge difference between a boot camp and Metabolic Group Training.  Experience metabolic group training for yourself!!  Get started with a 2-week free trial HERE.

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